Albuquerque's Honorary Consul of Spain says he expects calls and emails from people asking if Spain is still safe

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Updated: 7:32 AM MDT Aug 18, 2017

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WEBVTT IC EVENTIN SUCH A SPECIAL PLACE.>> DESPITE THE TERROR ATTACKS INSPAIN, EXPERTS SAY YOU SHOULDNOT BE AFRAID TO VISIT THECOUNTRY.FRED MONDRAGON IS THE HONORARYCONSUL OF SPAIN, REPRESENTINGTHE SPANISH GOVERNMENT IN NEWMEXICO.HE SAYS THE LAS RAMBLADISTRICT, WHERE THE ATTACKHAPPENED, IS A POPULAR TOURISTDESTINATION WITH A PROMENADE OFSHOPS AND RESTAURANTS, WHEREMILLIONS OF PEOPLE VISIT EACHYEARHE SAYS HE GIVES HIS CONDOLENCESTO THOSE WHO DIED AND WISHESSPEEDY RECOVERIES FOR THE PEOPLEWHO WERE INJURED.HE SAYS THE SCARY THING, IS THISCAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE.>> WHAT IS NOT TO BE EXPECTED ASTHE UNEXPECTED.IT IS THE RADICAL.THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ANGRY.THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TOKILL AND DESTROY OTHER PEOPLE INWHATEVER INTERESTS THEY MIGHTHAVE.>> MONDRAGON SAYS HE EXPECTSCALLS AND EMAILS TO COME IN FROMPEOPLE QUESTIONING SPAIN'SSAFETY, BUT HE SAYS THE COUNTRYIS AS SAFE AS ANY COUNTRY INEUROPE.REPORTING IN ALBUQUERQUE, JUSTIN

Barcelona attack hits close to home for New Mexicans

Albuquerque's Honorary Consul of Spain says he expects calls and emails from people asking if Spain is still safe

The terrorist attack in Barcelona, Spain happened about 5,500 miles away from New Mexico, but it still has a great impact on people in the Land of Enchantment.

Officials say a van rammed into a crowd in the Las Ramblas District. Fred Mondragon, the Honorary Consul of Spain, representing the Spanish Government in New Mexico, says the district is a promenade with shops and restaurants visited by millions of people per year.

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"What is not to be expected is the unexpected," Mondragon says. "It's the radical, it's the people who are angry, the people who are willing to kill and destroy other people in their political interests or whatever interests they might have."

Mondragon says he's thinking about the families of the people who were killed and wishes the injured a speedy recovery. He also says Spain is a safe country and people should not be afraid to visit Barcelona.